Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-19
FLORIDA's SARATOGA,
Visitors by Hundreds--The Apache
Captives-improvcm

Visitors by Hundreds--The Apache
Captives-lmprovem
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, Feb. 1.-THE
city is alive with visitors, and hotel men
report business as being fully up to the
standard. Nearly 1000 exoursionists
visited the city last Sunday from j Jackson
Vile, Palatka and adjoining towns, for
whom the fort with its Indian prisoners
seemed to be the centre Of attraction. On
any pleasant afternoon may be seen
hundreds Of interested spectators watch
ing the Indians at their games, and any
NUMBER OF spare nickels may be disposed
fby simply placing them on a stick stuck
In the ground for Indian boys to~shoot at
with bows and arrows.
George ii. Thacher, of Troy, N. Y,
died OF heart disease Monday night. The
family left Tuesday with the remains.
The deceased was the father oil the present
Mayor of Albany, n. Y.
5. V. Hardness, OF New York, left
Wednesday with party of young people
in his steam yacht Twilight, bound for
the Halifax and Indian rivers, for hunt
ing and fishing excursion.
The st. Augustine Pointer, weekly,
published by Peasants & Barnes, made
its first appearance ON Feb. ID. 1t will be
devoted to the interest of the St. Angus
tine hotels.
st. Augustine now has the finest opera
house in the State, and the proprietor, Mr..
Genovar, has spared no expense to bring
some of the best companies which travel
to this place.
Strangers are somewhat startled upon
arriving here to see posted ON fences and
trees the omlnous warning: beware of
bunco men," but there have been sever al
cases reported where they fieeced the In
nocenJ victim.
Messrs. Mcclure & Mcdonald, builders
of the Ponce de Leon Hotel, are busy at
work with force Of about fifty men lay
ing the sewer pipe ON King street from
the hotel to the river, and In their work
come across many interesting relics in
the way of skeletons, etc., which, as King
street Is 300 years old, have been under
ground for centuries.
John ID, Easterlin, Superintendent of
the Southern Bell Telephone Company,
was in the city last week getting con-
tracts signed for subscribers to tele-
phone exchange, and as a sufficient mum
Der OF contracts were signed we will soon
be able to "Hello' to our neighbors
through phone.
Business generally is reported as being
good, and number of new firms have
opened up within the past month.
Real estate is advancing rapidly in
price, and number OF sales have taken
place since the first Of the year, ona lot IN
st. George street, in the residence portion
Of town, bringing $4,000.
Work on the new Methodist Episcopal
Church, which Ii. NJ. Flagler is having
built, 10 progressing rapidly. The build
ing is being constructed of concrete
made from coquina, and will be finished
and ornamented with terra Gotta.
When finished it will be one OF the
finest churches In the South. Work or
the Ponce de Leon hotel is being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible, and work
on the outside Is nearly completed. Some
idea of the size Of this building can bt
obtained from the tact that the outside
walls are one mile i'll length by actua
measurement, and the building covers
nearly five acres of ground. The FRS
National Bank building, being built by tbs
st. Augustine improvement Company, /:
nearly completed, and it is expected will
be ready sor occupancy by March Is. Mr.
b. A. Masters has finished his elegant
new residence in North City on the shell
road, and will occupy it in few weeks
The mammoth arteslan well ON thu
grounds Of the Ponce de Leon Hotel has
reached a depth of nearly 1900 feet, anC
ia pouring forth a stream Of water at the
rate of nearly 100000 gallons per day
1t is said to be the largest srtesian wei
in the world.